At this time of year, it’s traditional to see the sales reps who represent the companies that provide the products used in golf operations across the country. In many cases, this is the first year since the pandemic began that sales reps and personnel from golf operations are gathering in person at zone buying […]

The PGA Tour answered a question that was on the minds of Canadians earlier this week when it announced the four events with elevated purses and guaranteed appearances by top players. Joining the 13 tournaments already named to this top tier were the WM Phoenix Open, RBC Heritage, Wells Fargo Championship and Travelers Championship. No […]

It will be interesting to see if a poll of member clubs by the National Golf Course Owners Association backs up a monthly GNN Poll that indicates that rounds in Canada levelled off in 2022 after a couple of years of solid growth during the pandemic. It wouldn’t be surprising if that’s the case since […]

When we discuss the business of golf, we focus directly on the business itself and the people who circulate within it, but not so much once they’ve left their places of employment and headed home. Of course, a person’s life outside of work is a private matter, with each person deciding how much they want […]

The leaves are colourful, the extra layers are going on and the end of the season is on the horizon in most parts of Canada. With September the final full month of the season in those areas, it’s time to check our year-over-year comparison of rounds put through at golf operations across the country. How […]

According to a recent report from compensation consulting firm Eckler Ltd., the average salary increase across Canada is expected to be 4.2 per cent in 2023. That is the biggest increase in 20 years and welcome news to anybody struggling financially due to inflation or high interest rates in these post-pandemic years. However, business owners […]

As this contribution was being crafted on Wednesday, Hurricane Ian had not quite reached Category 5 status as its winds and rain were already hitting Florida’s Gulf Coast, with devastating storm surge. Numbers such as Cat 4 or 5 mean nothing in the clean-up afterwards and how bad that is in Florida remained to be […]

A popular term being thrown around social media these days is “quiet quitting,” by those who don’t actually quit their jobs, but seek a better work-life balance by not going beyond their job descriptions and not do anything extra at work. The term appears to have come from the Covid-19 pandemic among workers who feel […]

We went past the midway point of September last week and just concluded the final week of official summer. There’s a bit of colour on the trees where I live and there have been a few chilly mornings, but there have also been plenty of summer-like days this month, enough to belie the fact that […]

  The Bank of Canada jacked up its trendsetting interest rate by three-quarters of a percentage point last Wednesday to 3.25 per cent. That alone may be enough for a business to put the brakes on any capital expenditure, but even if it does have the available cash and doesn’t need a loan or the […]